After competing at the 2014 Sochi Games as a speedskater, Alvarez became a pro baseball player and later earned a spot on the U.S. Olympic team.
In 1964, not only did Japan’s women’s volleyball team beat the Soviets under the gaze of then-Crown Princess Michiko, they also set off a multi-decade boom...
It’s a supercomputer named after Japan’s beloved super peak, Mount Fuji, and there are lots of reasons why the computer follows its namesake in greatness.
“It’s a face that makes us think about our existence” said the artist, Haruka Kojin. And overcoming a year’s postponement due to the pandemic, it’s part...
Mana Iwabuchi scores in the 84th minute as the host nation salvages a draw in the teams’ Olympic opener.
Minori Naito, Yamato Fujita and Yu Yamamoto homered for Japan, which captured the last Olympic softball gold medal in 2008.
There was synergy in their collective efforts and a competitive seriousness on the faces of Japan’s players from start to finish at Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium.
Do you love sports - or any kind of movement? This exhibit shares great insights into the bodies that produce what the organizers call that amazing...
Sisters Risako and Yukako Kawai will be among those looking to carry on Japan's winning tradition in the ring.
“I am proud to say that I am Olympian, and I am ready.” ーGrace Lau